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beachy123's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Operation Paperclip is a well researched book by Annie Jacobsen. Although this is ground that has been covered before…the US racing to recruit Nazi Scientists post world war 2 Jacobsen’s detail puts new life into the topic. I like her writing style and the questions that it poses. When you consider that characters like Otto Ambros and Hurertus Strughold (among many others) were happily recruited by the US despite the crimes they had committed one has to echo Jacobsen’s questions… How do we determine a funded wrong? and When should the end justify the means?
A great book!
A great book!
audragio's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
schristine's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.0
abaugher's review
5.0
All about how the US co-opted as many Nazi scientists as possible, ostensibly so that Russia couldn't get at them. Be prepared to be disgusted by the human race.
knenigans's review
Needed something a little more cheery right now. Will return to this.
anthonyamaral25's review
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4.0
Jacobson uncovered a treasure trove of morally repugnant US crimes against humanity done in the name of "national interests" that resulted from continuing the work of Nazi Germany. It is a must read for anyone interested in history and the truth, it severely undermines any democratic and ethical standing that the United States professes to believe in. At every point where US citizens learned about Nazi scientists and officials being paid with our tax dollars, they organized and shamed the power structure and individuals who made deals with the devils incarnate.
The only strike against Jacobson's work is a lack of call to action, a lack of humanization and dimensionality when it comes to the Soviet Union, but broad benefit of the doubt is given to American Nazi collaborators, which perpetuates Red Scare era propaganda and American exceptionalism. Other than that, Jacobson does a masterful job of uncovering the truth about American moral atrocities and never ending cunning.
The only strike against Jacobson's work is a lack of call to action, a lack of humanization and dimensionality when it comes to the Soviet Union, but broad benefit of the doubt is given to American Nazi collaborators, which perpetuates Red Scare era propaganda and American exceptionalism. Other than that, Jacobson does a masterful job of uncovering the truth about American moral atrocities and never ending cunning.
anniejarman's review
Very interesting, but my brain was struggling to keep up. Might finish it on audiobook.